| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|
1980 Besançon}}
{{DetailsLink|1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Stan Tourné|BEL}} | Giovanni Mantovani|ITA}} | Heinz Betz|GER}} |
1981 Brno}}
{{DetailsLink|1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Danny Clark|AUS}} | Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}} |
1982 Leicester}}
{{DetailsLink|1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Gary Sutton|AUS}} | Roman Hermann|FIN}} |
1983 Zürich}}
{{DetailsLink|1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Guido Bontempi|ITA}} | Gary Sutton|AUS}} |
1984 Barcelona}}
{{DetailsLink|1984 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Gary Sutton|AUS}} | Henry Rinklin|FRG}} |
1985 Bassano del Grappa}}
{{DetailsLink|1985 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Hans Ledermann|SUI}} | Stefano Allocchio|ITA}} |
1986 Colorado Springs}}
{{DetailsLink|1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Michel Vaarten|BEL}} | Stefano Allocchio|ITA}} |
1987 Vienna}}
{{DetailsLink|1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Tony Doyle|GBR}} | Roger Ilegems|BEL}} |
1988 Ghent}}
{{DetailsLink|1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Daniel Wyder|SUI}} | Adriano Baffi|ITA}} | Michael Marcussen|DEN}} |
1989 Lyon}}
{{DetailsLink|1989 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Urs Freuler|SUI}} | Gary Sutton|AUS}} | Martin Penc|TCH}} |
1990 Maebashi}}
{{DetailsLink|1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Laurent Biondi|FRA}} | Michael Marcussen|DEN}} | Danny Clark|AUS}} |
1991 Stuttgart}}
{{DetailsLink|1991 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Viatcheslav Ekimov|URS}} | Francis Moreau|FRA}} | Peter Pieters|NED}} |
1992 Valencia}}
{{DetailsLink|1992 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Bruno Risi|SUI}} | Jonas Romanovas|LTU}} | Juan Esteban Curuchet|ARG}} |
1993 Hamar}}
{{DetailsLink|1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Etienne De Wilde|BEL}} | Eric Magnin|FRA}} | Vasyl Yakovlev|UKR}} |
1994 Palermo}}
{{DetailsLink|1994 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Bruno Risi|SUI}} | Jan Bo Petersen|DEN}} | Franz Stocher|AUT}} |
1995 Bogotá}}
{{DetailsLink|1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Silvio Martinello|ITA}} | Remigius Lupeikis|LTU}} | Sergey Lavrenenko|KAZ}} |
1996 Manchester}}
{{DetailsLink|1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} | Michael Sandstød|DEN}} | Silvio Martinello|ITA}} |
1997 Perth}}
{{DetailsLink|1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Silvio Martinello|ITA}} | Bruno Risi|SUI}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} |
1998 Bordeaux}}
{{DetailsLink|1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} | Andreas Kappes|GER}} | Silvio Martinello|ITA}} |
1999 Berlin}}
{{DetailsLink|1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Bruno Risi|SUI}} | Vasyl Yakovlev|UKR}} | Ho-Sung Cho|KOR}} |
2000 Manchester}}
{{DetailsLink|2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} | Matthew Gilmore|BEL}} | Franz Stocher|AUT}} |
2001 Antwerp}}
{{DetailsLink|2001 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Bruno Risi|SUI}} | Juan Esteban Curuchet|ARG}} | Franz Stocher|AUT}} |
2002 Ballerup}}
{{DetailsLink|2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Chris Newton|GBR}} | Franz Stocher|AUT}} | Juan Curuchet|ARG}} |
2003 Stuttgart}}
{{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Franz Stocher|AUT}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} | Jos Pronk|NED}} |
2004 Melbourne}}
{{DetailsLink|2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Franck Perque|FRA}} | Milton Wynants|URU}} | Juan Curuchet|ARG}} |
2005 Los Angeles}}
{{DetailsLink|2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Volodymyr Rybin|UKR}} | Ioannis Tamouridis|GRE}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} |
2006 Bordeaux}}
{{DetailsLink|2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Peter Schep|NED}} | Rafal Ratajczyk|POL}} | Vasil Kiryienka|BLR}} |
2007 Palma de Mallorca}}
{{DetailsLink|2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Joan Llaneras|ESP}} | Iljo Keisse|BEL}} | Mikhail Ignatiev|RUS}} |
2008 Manchester}}
{{DetailsLink|2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Vasil Kiryienka|BLR}} | Christophe Riblon|FRA}} | Peter Schep|NED}} |
2009 Pruszków}}
{{DetailsLink|2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Cameron Meyer|AUS}} | Daniel Kreutzfeldt|DEN}} | Chris Newton|GBR}} |
2010 Ballerup}}
{{DetailsLink|2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Cameron Meyer|AUS}} | Peter Schep|NED}} | Milan Kadlec|CZE}} |
2011 Apeldoorn}}
{{DetailsLink|2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Edwin Ávila|COL}} | Cameron Meyer|AUS}} | Morgan Kneisky|FRA}} |
2012 Melbourne}}
{{DetailsLink|2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Cameron Meyer|AUS}} | Ben Swift|GBR}} | Kenny De Ketele|BEL}} |
2013 Minsk}}
{{DetailsLink|2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Simon Yates|GBR}} | Eloy Teruel|ESP}} | Kirill Sveshnikov|RUS}} |
2014 Cali}}
{{DetailsLink|2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Edwin Ávila|COL}} | Thomas Scully|NZL}} | Eloy Teruel|ESP}} |
2015 Yvelines}}
{{DetailsLink|2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Artur Ershov|RUS}} | Eloy Teruel|ESP}} | Maximilian Beyer|GER}} |
2016 London}}
{{DetailsLink|2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Jonathan Dibben|GBR}} | Andreas Graf|AUT}} | Kenny De Ketele|BEL}} |
2017 Hong Kong}}
{{DetailsLink|2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Cameron Meyer|AUS}} | Kenny De Ketele|BEL}} | Wojciech Pszczolarski|POL}} |
2018 Apeldoorn}}
{{DetailsLink|2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Cameron Meyer|AUS}} | Jan-Willem van Schip|NED}} | Mark Stewart|GBR}} |
2019 Pruszków}}
{{DetailsLink|2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race}} | Jan-Willem van Schip|NED}} | Sebastián Mora|ESP}} | Mark Downey|IRL}} |